slj@nmtvax.UUCP (11/06/83)
I don't know what the time interval between TESB and RotJ was.
I recall that at the beginning of RotJ, C-3P0 says that he's worried
because Lando and Chewbacca went in there, apparently a reasonably
long time ago, and didn't come back out. Also, it was apparently
long enough time for Luke to become a little more proficient in the
ways of the force.
On the other hand, as the Millenium Falcon and Luke's X-Wing lift
off of Tatooine, Leia says, "Hurry, the alliance should be assembled."
I don't know how long it takes an alliance to assemble, but considering
it started no later than everyone leaving Hoth in TESB, it probably
wasn't more than a few months.
If I was forced to guess, I'd suspect something between two and
six months.
Question: why did Lando/Chewie "go in" but Lando is alone in Jabba's
palace? How did Leia join up with Chewie, who we saw at the end of TESB
running off to fetch Han?
Question: why does Jabba the Hutt have such huge doors on his palace?
They didn't keep the Luke Skywalker out, but if you say he used the force
to open them, consider this: Leia and Chewie came wandering in just as
casually as Luke did. Leia didn't, at that time, know the force was
strong in her, and, strong as Chewie may be, he can't lift *that* door up.
The 'S' is not for 'Skywalker'
S. Luke Jonesjohn@hp-pcd.UUCP (John Eaton) (11/08/83)
#R:nmtvax:-52500:hp-pcd:24800008:000:915 hp-pcd!john Nov 7 13:36:00 1983 I don't think that Chewie went in with Lando at first because Jabba had put a price on both Han Solo and Chewie. He would not have been able to get out again. Lando was an unknown and could secure employment as a guard with little trouble. According to the book, Lando may also have destroyed the Bar-Droid on the sail barge to ensure that when R2-D2 showed up that he would be assigned there. The size of the door was probably chosen merely to convince the viewer that Jabbas Palace was as friendly as the wicked witch of the West's was. The sound of the door rumbling shut was very effective in giving the impression that many who enter there never leave. Actually every visitor was scanned by the "Eye Droid" and only those who could be handled by the interior guards were admitted. I can't explain how it managed to let someone in who had a Thermonuclear detonator on them. John Eaton hplabs!hp-pcd!john
dp@astrovax.UUCP (11/11/83)
Perhaps Lando and Chewbacca decided that the Wookie was too conspicuous to be disguised as one of Jabba's lackeys. In addition, you seem to have forgotten that Leia probably was admitted into the palace simply because she was disguised as a bounty hunter who wished to collect the reward for Chewbacca's capture; I would guess that the guards opened the door for her. dp